Kindergarten Kronicles
February 19, 2010
Calendar of Events: IMPORTANT NEWS:
February 24 Early Dismissal-2:05 Jump Rope for Heart
February 24- Intersession The website for Jump Rope for Heart is:
http://honor.americanheart.org/site/TR?pg=team&team_id=36600&fr_id=1284
Referral Forms Due Back
You can also find the website on the Riverton Elementary homepage!
February 26 Jump Rope for Heart
event day & donations due!
Transportation changes!
Be sure to check the website for an important update regarding
transportation. Your child has received a pink letter that has all the
information as well.
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3 Quarter Skills to Work on at Home:
The snack tub needs
refilled! Counting from 1 to 75
Counting backwards from 20-0
Counting by 2’s to 20, 5’s and 10’s to 100
Writing first names with a capital letter at the beginning and the
We still need snacks for rest lowercase letters using the lines as guides
February. Thank you so much Neat and correct letter (letters Aa-Zz) and number formation (0-15)
Creating a sentence with a capital letter, the rest of the sentence
for sharing snack with our
with lowercase letters, and a punctuation mark at the end of the
classroom! sentence.
Practicing sight words by reading, writing, and even spelling the
words is good practice.
Reading: Writing:
We introduced the letter Zz. Next week, we will
work with the reviewing all the letters of the alphabet.
We will be practicing vowels: Aa, Ee, Ii. It is a great
idea to practice forming the letters correctly at home! Students are writing in their journals every day.
Students will learn to identify the letter, produce the Journal writing is a time where students draw a picture of
letter sound, write the letter using correct formation something and then write about their drawing. Student
within the lines, and identify objects that begin with should be able to write a complete sentence on lined paper
that letter/sound. Each week students will be such as:
introduced to a new word wall word. Students will be I like to play with (a name of a friend). We play
expected to read, write, and spell these words. Our new outside. We like to swing.
word next week is “you”. We will blend short i (helper Students will be expected to write 3 sentences by the
letter) with a consonant to make words. end of this quarter. Writing requires a lot of practice and
hard work. It is something that students can practice at
Words to Practice:
home very easily. Students are allowed to use invented
I see my and
spelling. Invented spelling is using the sounds they hear in
like the a a
the word to write the word.
to and go have
is here this Students can also practice writing word wall words for
for have practice at home. Please look for a sheet that shows the
words your student needs to practice!
Science/Soc.Studies: Math:
We will be working on counting up to 75. We continue
to work on recognizing money and the value of each coin
We finished learning about wheels through a week
and making exchanges for pennies, nickels, and dimes.
of Transportation. We discussed the differences
Students are learning how to create and solve addition
between pushing and pulling, force, and gravity during
problems.
the unit on transportation.
We will begin a unit in Social Studies about the Farm.
Important skills to practice at home are: counting to
The farm unit is a lot of fun for the students. We will
75, counting backwards 20-0, recognizing numbers 0-25,
learn about the places on a farm, the kinds of equipment
identifying and continuing ABC patterns, and writing
used on a farm, the animals that live on the farm, and
numbers 0-15, recognizing the penny, nickel, dime and
what we get from a farm.
their value, and skip counting by 2’s, 5’s, and 10’s. We will
begin testing math skills for the report card. Please
remember that each quarter the skills and expectations
change and become more challenging.
Special Thanks! PBIS
I wanted to say thanks to all the families that made our Be sure to check your child’s behavior radar each night to
valentine’s party a success! As usual, the kids loved find out what stoplight color your child ended the school day on.
Students who meet the behavior expectation for the month will
every minute of it and I’m glad so many parents and
get to participate in monthly power-kid parties hosted by Mrs.
grandparents could attend!
Grieve. Students are only allowed to have green lights/parking
lot, 1 yellow light, and no red lights. If a yellow or red note
comes home please sign the form and return it to school the
next day.